Status:
COMPLETED
Effect of Consumption on Cognitive Processes
Lead Sponsor:
University of Birmingham
Conditions:
Eating Behavior
Hunger
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-45 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
To get a better understanding of the interaction between metabolism, neural responses, cognitive processes and appetite the investigaters will examine the effect of food consumption on cognitive proce...
Detailed Description
Human eating behaviour is a very complex process. It has been well established that food intake and choice are influences by nutritional composition of the food and their reward values. However recent...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Healthy subjects
- Age 18-45 years at start of the study
- Right-handedness (including left-handers could bias the results because of the laterality of brain functions)
- Ability to give informed consent
- Fluent English speaking
- Willingness to be informed about chance findings of pathology
Exclusion
- Subjects who have a non-removable metal object in or at their body, such as, for example: Heart pace-maker, artificial heart valve, metal prosthesis, implants or splinters, non-removable dental braces
- Tattoos, that are older than 15 years
- Claustrophobia
- Pathological hearing ability or an increased sensitivity to loud noises
- Lack of ability to give informed consent
- Operation less than three months ago
- Acute illness or infection during the last 4 weeks
- Cardiovascular disorders (e.g., hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, long QT syndrome)
- Moderate or severe head injury
- Eating disorders
- No metabolic (e.g. metabolic disorder, diabetes, insulin resistance), psychological (e.g. depression) or neurological (e.g. epilepsy, headache disorder, multiple sclerosis, traumatic brain injuries) diseases or medication in relation to these diseases.
- Current weight loss regimens, or more then 5kg weight loss in the last 3 months
- Smoking
- Current pregnancy or breastfeeding
- Current or past history of drug or alcohol dependency - alcohol consumption exceeding 12 units a week
- Food allergies (e.g. peanut allergy lactose and gluten intolerance) or vegetarian/vegan diet
- Disliking the study lunch
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
July 1 2017
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 10 2018
Estimated Enrollment :
31 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03472703
Start Date
July 1 2017
End Date
April 10 2018
Last Update
May 3 2018
Active Locations (1)
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University of Birmingham School of Psychology
Birmingham, Midlands, United Kingdom, B15 2TT